Step 1: Using the magnet Why are the paper clips attracted to the magnet?

Step 2: Pouring the sand and corn into the fine sieve

Tapping the sieve

The mixture is now separated

Team work

Separating sand, pasta and corn

Sand falls through the sieve, leaving pasta and corn behind

Pasta and corn

The boys thought they could use the funnel sieve but will it work? Why?

Thinking caps on. Making own sieve

Will the corn fit through? Make the hole bigger?

Making the holes, not too small and not too big

Corn will fall though but will the pasta?

Using sieves with different size holes

Sieve containing the pasta and the corn

Everyone worked really hard to follow the headings on the plan.

They identified what they had to do, predict what would happen, carry the experiment out and write a conclusion.

The children thought very carefully about what needed to be done and realised they didn't have to panic if what was planned didn't work.
After all, we learn more from what goes wrong than what goes right.

Thursday, 18 October 2012

This week we have been planning and writing a letter to Mr Booth asking if he would be willing to come in and talk about his job.

On Monday we talked about the tone the letter would have. Would it be formal or informal?

We planned the organisation of the letter and the questions we would like to ask.

Tonight, I would like you to explain how you organised the letter and ask if you can see any letters addressed to your parents. Have a look to see how the letters are the same and different to the one you wrote this week.

If you needed to know how to describe a golden child, you need look no further than Callum. He comes to school with a fantastic attitude and is ready to learn at all times. I love having Callum in my class.

Michaela: Simply because she does the right thing even when no one is watching!

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

On Tuesday afternoon, Mr Peatfield, a former police officer came into school to talk about the importance of rules. He gave a very funny presentation about what life might look like if rules didn't exist and people could do what they wanted, when they wanted.

At first, the idea of no rules was very popular with everyone but when we looked closer at the situations we might be faced with, it was a very different story.

Imagine if;

You could come to school when you wanted

You could look at the answers on the test sheet

You didn't wear school uniform

You didn't have to tell your parents what time you would be back

You could take anyone home

You could jump on the furniture

Mr Peatfield demonstrated how he would behave if he was in my class, in a world without rules.

Sat on a chair. Look where the chair is!!

Write back and tell everyone what you learned from this discussion.

Ask yourself, did you think a world without rules would be a good place to live?